It takes a gifted individual to teach history in a way that makes events from the past relevant in today's world. And Nicolet history instructor Jim Honig was recently honored for that rare talent by receiving the college's 2009 Faculty Excellence Award. read more >>
Training in smart-home technology will start at Nicolet College this fall with the launch of the new Home Technology Integration Certificate. This emerging field combines a number of different technologies into a single computer-based network that controls such things as home security, heating, cooling, appliances, and telecommunications. - read more >>
Nicolet College is now accepting students for the new Digital Media Arts advanced technical certificate that the college will launch this coming fall. The 12-credit certificate will teach students a wide variety of up-and-coming skills including shooting and editing digital video, producing digital graphics and animation, DVD authoring, and producing streaming digital video. - read more >>
Despite a slow economy, last year's technical college graduates report salaries that are nearly four percent higher than graduates from one year earlier. A survey of 2008 technical colleges graduates concluded a median salary of $32,000 approximately six months after graduation, compared with $30,782 one year earlier. read more >>
Nicolet College Administrative Assistant Instructor Jolene Johnson Van den Elzen was recently honored with the Life Membership Award from the National Business Professionals of America. - read more >>
Tomahawk resident Ron Zimmerman, center, was recently sworn in as the newest member of the Nicolet College Board of Trustees. - read more >>
More financial aid is now available to students attending Nicolet College thanks to stimulus money flowing to the area from the federal and state governments, said Bill Peshel, Nicolet College director of financial aid.- read more >>
Nine students from five different county sheriff's departments recently graduated from the latest Jailer Academy conducted by Nicolet College and the Vilas County Sheriff's Department. - read more >>
The Board of Trustees of Nicolet College in Rhinelander has announced that Elizabeth Burmaster has accepted the position of president at the college. She will begin the position this summer following the retirement of Adrian Lorbetske who has served as president for the past 18 years. - read more >>
It's not too often a college sophomore gets to work on research projects side-by-side with graduate-level researchers. But that was the case for Nicolet College student Chris Waas, who recently interned with not one but two different natural resources research projects in northern Wisconsin and Upper Michigan. - read more >>
Nicolet College will offer a new Microsoft Office 2007 Technical Certificate next semester for office professionals looking to advance their current skills and for those looking to start toward a career in the office management field. - read more >>
n January students can begin taking classes for a new degree at Nicolet College that can lead to a career as a Clinical Laboratory Technician. - read more >>
About 70 workers at the Packaging Corporation of America plant in Tomahawk will receive specialized training thanks to a $38,081 grant Nicolet College received from the Wisconsin Department of Workforce Development. - read more >>
More than 135 people attended a recent Health Occupations Open House at Nicolet College to learn about the many different academic programs the college offers in the health profession. - read more >>
Watching Ginny Leith at the front of a Nicolet College classroom is like observing an experienced musical conductor at work. The ease, grace, and comfort she exudes as she orchestrates learning comes naturally - maybe even genetically, fine-tuned by more than 30 years of experience facilitating learning in the college classroom. - read more >>
Crandon School District Administrator Richard Peters, Ph.D., was recently sworn in as the newest member of the Nicolet College Board of Trustees. Dr. Richard Peters and Gene CarlsonPeters, who has 40 years of experience in education, will serve a three-year term on the board. He started his career as a teacher in West De Pere, Wis., and since that time has held positions of ever increasing levels of responsibility. - read more >>
Wisconsin's two largest higher education systems are working together more today that at any other time in state history to increase the number of Wisconsin residents with college degrees, particularly bachelor's degrees, according to two top education leaders speaking at Nicolet College. - read more >>
The Nicolet College Empty Bowls Hunger Project event held earlier this year raised a total of $2,590 for area food pantries, with the money recently being divided equally between seven area organizations. - read more >>
Don't let her sweet and laid-back disposition fool you. Patti Brown knows what she wants and isn't the least bit shy about putting in the effort necessary to get it. And it's that exact drive, determination and amiable personality that has earned her the honor of being named Nicolet College's 2008 Student Ambassador, the highest honor the college bestows on a student.
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The University of Wisconsin-Green Bay and Nicolet College in Rhinelander have formed a partnership that will make bachelor's degrees more accessible to place-bound working adults living in Wisconsin's northern counties. - read more >>
Nicolet College will launch a new Carpentry Program in early August that will teach students a broad range of construction skills, including sustainable building practices which are becoming increasingly in demand. - read more >>